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Carter No.: 238

Handlist description: Third (inner) shrine

Card/Transcription No.: 238-20


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Its method of construction is as follows: - The roof in two separate sections; the cornice & roll moulding surmounting the frieze, in four separate members, two side sections, comprising frieze, panel & dado; one end section, consisting of two corner posts, frieze, panel & dado; and one front section which includes two corner posts which also form the door posts of jambs, a lintel (actually the frieze over the doorway), the sill, and the folding doors hung to the said framework;

Card no. 238-20 relating to Carter no. 238
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